Read Edit View history Discussion 鎂 měi magnesium Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 美 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas měi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 镁 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 釒 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鎂 Simp strokes 鎂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鎂 Simp strokes 鎂 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鎂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 294, 776 ], [ 328, 743 ], [ 302, 658 ], [ 267, 586 ], [ 223, 510 ], [ 174, 444 ], [ 106, 371 ], [ 62, 334 ] ], [ [ 351, 684 ], [ 356, 672 ], [ 396, 655 ], [ 422, 636 ], [ 438, 604 ] ], [ [ 217, 456 ], [ 323, 490 ], [ 355, 506 ], [ 385, 515 ], [ 416, 516 ] ], [ [ 194, 342 ], [ 245, 343 ], [ 371, 389 ], [ 411, 393 ] ], [ [ 291, 453 ], [ 315, 439 ], [ 321, 415 ], [ 318, 192 ], [ 313, 173 ], [ 301, 163 ] ], [ [ 156, 266 ], [ 221, 220 ], [ 235, 192 ] ], [ [ 412, 335 ], [ 426, 311 ], [ 364, 245 ] ], [ [ 109, 95 ], [ 161, 79 ], [ 439, 188 ] ], [ [ 519, 749 ], [ 574, 697 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